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University of Birmingham

A condition first described in New Zealand by Castro and Taylor (2001) was called an “oral fistula” in which the skin and muscle of the lower mandible were missing in some birds; the tongue was protruding through the opening and it was often outside the mouth cavity permanently.
It is suspected that there are many more birds living with this condition than have already been detected.
If you have seen this condition in birds that you have handled, ringed/banded, observed and/or photographed, the University of Birmingham is very keen to hear from you.
Click here>> for more information.

The Advocate article (22/4/2013) “Wynyard veterinarian Dr James Macgregor is seeking public assistance for his platypus health study. The Murdoch University researcher is investigating the threats to the wild platypus populations on the North-West………..His research has been gathering information about the health, distribution and abundance of platypuses...

Follow link to an interesting article in Nature highlighting potential challenges between scientists’ pursuit of research and the responsibility they have to flag up threats to national authorities: Nature Article Jan 2013 >>